Historical articles from the Guardian, selected by @guardianlibrary. To explore over 200 years of history see our page on accessing past articles Originally published in the Guardian on 14 October ...

Albert Einstein said that the “most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.” He was right to be astonished. Human brains evolved to be adaptable, but our underlying ...

Marcelo Gleiser wants to heal the rift between humanists and scientists by deflating scientific dreams of establishing final truths. Marcelo Gleiser Whether or not scientists are from Mars and ...

ABC Radio National's The Science Show is 25 today!. It began when Gough Whitlam was Prime Minister: when there was still debate about leaving Imperial weights and measures for the metric system; when ...

This is the sort of puzzle that could confront a crime scene investigator (CSI) from the police force. Crime scene investigators, often referred to as 'scientific police', are one part of the forensic ...

There are three things that I remember from my high-school Earth-science class: the swirling pink cover of the study book designed to help us pass New York State’s year-end test, the football player ...

We are at a critical time and supporting climate journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help to strengthen environmental ...

We are at a critical time and supporting science journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help to strengthen scientific ...